| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7826-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §7826-A.__Unlawfully operating motor vehicle on snowmobile |
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| | | A person is guilty of unlawfully operating a vehicle on a | | snowmobile trail if that person operates any 4-wheel drive | | vehicle, dune buggy, motorcycle or other motor vehicle, other | | than a snowmobile and appurtenant equipment, at any time on | | snowmobile trails that are financed in whole or in part with | | funds from the Snowmobile Trail Fund unless that use has been | | authorized by the landowner or the landowner's agent or unless | | the use is necessitated by an emergency involving safety of | | persons or property.__Operation of an ATV on such a trail is | | governed by section 7856. |
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| | | A person who violates this subsection commits a civil | | violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 and not | | more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7856, sub-§3 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3.__Written permission required.__A person may not operate | | an ATV upon land of another unless the person has the written | | permission of the landowner or the landowner's agent or unless | | the landowner specifically permits the operation of ATVs on | | the land without written permission.__This subsection does not | | apply to the operation of an ATV on land owned by a federal, | | state or local governmental entity or on or across a railroad | | right-of-way.__Operation of an ATV on or across a public way | | is governed by section 7857, subsections 5 and 24.__Operation | | of an ATV on or across a railroad right-of-way is governed by | | section 7857, subsections 18 and 24. |
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| | | A person who violates this subsection commits a civil | | violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 and not | | more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7857, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 289, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7857, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 297, §§1 | | and 3, is amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Unlawfully operating ATV on private road. A person is | guilty of unlawfully operating an ATV on a private road,he | | that person operates an ATV upon any private road after having | | been forbidden to do so by the owner thereof, the owner's | | agent |
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